Hair-clippxr



J. W; SMITH. vHAIR GLIPPER.

'm0, 481,977. Patented sept. 6,1892,

A i s I UlmiT lj JoHN WArERsroN sMiTH, or Bestron; MASSACHUSETTS.

:HAIR-CLIPPER.

I 'part fretten Patent Nol 431,977,1dted-september e, 1892.

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a citizen'df the United States, anda resident of Boston, inthe county o f Suffolk andState fof Massachusetts, have-invented new and useful Improvementsin Hair-Clippers, of which 'the following, taken 1in connection' with the accompanying drawings, is a specification..

` This invention relates to, improvements in' hair-clippers; and it consists, in'cxnbination with a movable and stationary clipper-plate,

of a detachable comb-plate having vertically- ."slitted spring-clips adapted to serve as yielding fingers for the purpose of securing said comb-plate to the stationary clipper-plate in a detachable manner; a'lso, in providing said spring-clips on 'their inner sides vwith a Series 'of parallel grooves for lthe purpose of securing said comb-plate in different positions reia- 'the improved detachable comb-plate.

tiveto the clippe r-plate, according to the close lnes'sioi eutdesired,as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference hei ng had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a .hainclipper embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a perspective detail view of Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the line K X, shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 represents a side View of a modification of the invention.

Simlglgiters referto similar parts wherever they occur on the diiferents parts'ot the drawings.

s is colnmonin devices of this kind. In con-- neetion -with said hair-clipper I usea dctachable comb-plate D, having hooked teeth D D' on its forward end, as shown' in Figs. 1 and and such comb-plate is used ou the under 5 .de of the clipperplate B for the purpose of cutting the hair more or less close, as may be spring-clips E E, attached in a suitable'mau- 5 5- ner. to the comb-plate D and .provided on their 'insides-with a series of parallel grooves EE E', adapted to receive the' edges of the clipper-plate 13 when the comb-plate is to be used on thea-clipping device. It will readily be seen o that byehaving a series ot parallel grooves on 'the ins'ide of 'each of said spring-clips E E the comb-plate D may be secured to the stationary clipper-plate in different positions, according to the closeness ofthe cut desired, 6 5 thus dispensingr with comb-plates of diiferentf thicknesses. For the purpose ot` causing the smid spring clip?. tc he held with a `yielding pressure against the edges of the lower elippcr-plate and in such a manner as to conform 7o to the shape of the latter; I make such clips finger-shaped--that is, havi'ng vertical 'slits e e e, as shown in Figs. 1 and -.',by which each clip is, as it, were, subdivided in'aseries of latcrally-grooved Iingers,each one ef which is 7 5 adapted to hold, cling, and conform to and against the edge or upper surfacesof the sta tionary clipper-plate. l l

In using a clipper it is `very desirable 4to enable it to be moved and guided with amini- 8o muin ol frictional resistance against tho'flesh and'hair, and for this purpose I arrange on the under side of the comb-plate D, Figs. 1 and 2, or on the under side -oi the lower elipper-plate D, Fig. 4, a loosely-jonrnaled roller F, 85 which is preferably 'made cylindrical, but may be made of other form or shape without departing from the essence of. my invention.

Having thus full y described the nature, construction, aud operation .of my invention, I 9o wish to sccnreby Letters Patent and claim- 1. In a hair-clipper, a stationary and movable clipper-plate and a detachable combplatc having springclip's provided with a s eries .of groovesfor the purpose ot securing thesaid comb-plate in different positions relative the cli pper-plates, substantially as speci-` fied.

desired, accrdingtoihe position @estimant-ige 2. In a. hair-clipper, a. stationary and movname to this specification, in the presence ofv able clpperplate and a detachable eombtwo subscribing witnesses, on this 23d day of plate having lateraliy-grooved and longitudi- September, A. D.1891. p Bally --siitted spring-clips for seeming said JOHN WATERSTON SMITH. 5 comb-plate to the clipper, substantially as and Witnesses:

for the purpose set foith. ALBAN ANDRN,

In testimony whereof I have sglned my ALICE A. PERKINS.. 

